Alfonso Montellano

Alfonso Montellano (died 1671) was a Spanish admiral.

Biography
Montellano was the commander of a Spanish fleet in the Spanish Main (Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea), and in 1671 he was dispatched with two ships to kill or capture British privateer Henry Morgan. His two ships met with Morgan's flagship of Isla Vaca, where they succeeded in igniting the ship. But when Montellano put his telescope to his eye, he saw Morgan's men fleeing on rowboats and noticed that the ship was crewed by dummies and lined with gunpowder barrels. He told his men to evacuate, and he stayed on his ship and died when the two ships collided.